---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to privileged communications under the law governing mental health practice."
description: "relative to privileged communications under the law governing mental health practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 180 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c668fcc5-b259-4d8c-a9cf-c01b9e59d20b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1057&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "a1f43d5df4026388fe26b4ee5d2dbbe85286a668ff1908b5d70a1ca4d6306bad"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 180 (2019) — relative to privileged communications under the law governing mental health practice.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2019-0383s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0383s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: 01/29/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 8
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0383s, 02/14/2019; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0383s, AA, VV; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0383s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 9 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/27/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-05-08** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 05/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-05-14** Executive Session: 05/21/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 06/05/2019 (Vote 18-2; CC) HC 27 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 20 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2019; Chapter 200; Effective 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c668fcc5-b259-4d8c-a9cf-c01b9e59d20b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).